True or False: Patients and families of patients with an MDRO should be instructed on techniques to employ in the home to prevent the spread of the organism to other family members....

The latest update to the federal website that reports hospital quality data adds rates of stroke, C. diff and MRSA infections, blood clot prevention and care measures and expanded readmissions data....

As you are all no doubt familiar, sometimes those educational topics surrounding safety can come across as a bit dry and that dryness all too frequently ends up being the focal point of safety present...

Fill in the blank: Hospitals have an obligation to investigate outbreaks of infectious disease. They also have a responsibility, as required by law and regulation, to report that information to ______...

Another email question asked whether there were any specific Joint Commission education requirements for the folks who conduct quarterly fire drills. The short answer to that question is no, TJC does...

If a hospital decides that patients, under certain circumstances, are permitted to smoke, what steps must the hospital take to ensure that it remains compliant?...

A new study finds a patient safety measure that nurses and patients alike agree improves care: Involving patients in the handoff process when nurses change shifts....

The 4th quarter Benchmarking Report and the year’s final AHAP Insider newsletter have been posted for members and can be downloaded....

I don’t hear too many stories like this anymore, but I can tell you, as a former manager of security services at a hospital, this is one that really gives me pause....

In 2010, the Department of Health and the National Health Service (NHS) Institute commissioned King's College in London and The King's Fund to undertake research into what matters to patients and how ...